The Pin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 689 people carried this name — #33,196 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 17% from 587 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,518 people named Pin.
127 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 85 départements, most often Ain.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 322 people named Pin live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
138 people named Pin live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 52 people named Pin live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Pin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis-Apollinaire de La Tour du Pin-Montauban 1744–1807 · bishop -
Elzéar Pin 1813–1883 · politician -
Pedro Pin y Fernández 1835– · military personnel -
Josep Pin i Soler 1842–1927 · writer -
Louis-Jean Pin 1734– · actor
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Fortuné Pin 1805–1865 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pin.
- Pillot 366 · U.S. census
- Pilo 259 · U.S. census
- Pilon 2,647 · U.S. census
- Pilot 1,503 · U.S. census
- Pimenta 643 · U.S. census
- Pimentel 21,579 · U.S. census
- Pina 25,293 · U.S. census
- Pinard 1,721 · U.S. census
- Pinault 352 · U.S. census
- Pince 172 · U.S. census
- Pinchon 146 · U.S. census
- Pinchot 268 · U.S. census
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